Suncruz Ships Built And Crewed In U.s.

December 22, 1998

Re the SunCruz' relatively small, day-trip gambling ships being charged with gambling inside the three-mile limit: What is missing from the story is that they are all U.S.-built, U.S.-flagged and -crewed and therefore providing jobs to U.S. taxpayers, as compared to the much larger and more numerous foreign-flagged and -crewed cruise/gambling ships not paying the same U.S. taxes.

Wouldn't it be nice if there were some legislative tax and/or other incentive to have at least one large ocean-going cruise/gambling ship U.S.-built, -flagged and -crewed allowing the public the opportunity to choose between cost and common-sense patriotism?